Frida Kerner Furman, a professor of religious studies at DePaul University in Chicago, has been named the 2006 winner of the Cortelyou-Lowery Award for Excellence and Distinguished Faculty Lecture. The award is given annually by DePaul’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching, research and service. Furman has developed more than 15 courses in her 20 years at DePaul and has been nominated three times for an Excellence in Teaching Award. She has held the Wicklander Chair in Professional Ethics and was recently named a Vincent de Paul Professor, joining an elite group of senior faculty who devote their talents as teachers and scholars to enhancing the quality of undergraduate education at DePaul. Her long-term research on attitudes about aging and gender were published in her book, “Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture,” and most recently, she co-authored, “Telling Our Lives: Conversations on Solidarity and Difference.” Furman, who was born in Chile and raised in Monterey Park, Calif., received her master’s degree and Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of Southern California. She is married to Rabbi Roy S. Furman, assistant director of DePaul’s University Ministry.

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